Monthly Archives: January 2012
Vacation With Us… Long
Merri Lynn Long, of Richmond, Ohio, brought Farm and Dairy for the extraordinary Christmas celebration at the Biltmore in Asheville, N.C.
Vacation With Us… Witmer
Jennifer Witmer, left, of Lisbon, and Elizabeth Palette, Poland, skipped ice skating at Rockefeller Center to read the Farm and Dairy while celebrating a girls’ weekend in New York City.
FSA accepting applications for rural youth loan program
The Farm Service Agency has a loan program to assist rural youth to establish and operate income producing agriculture projects. The youth loan program is connected to participation in 4-H or FFA.
Vacation With Us… Mangun
John and Carol Mangun, of Carrollton, Ohio, brought Farm and Dairy along while visiting several national parks recently. John stands in front of Bryce...
Vacation With Us… White
It was a trip of a lifetime for Josephine White, of Edinburg, Pa., and we’re glad we were able to go, too! We joined White’s granddaughter, who led us both on a trip through central Europe, including a visit to cousins in Warsaw that Josephine had never met.
Vacation With Us… Weber
Brenda and Samantha Weber, of Weber’s Pleasant View Farms in Grove City, Pa., were kind enough to bring Farm and Dairy along with them for a visit to sunny Mexico.
Farm nutrient management looks to be hot issue in Ohio in 2012
As 2011 ends and we look ahead at what might be the big issue for agriculture in 2012, I think the big issue will be on farm nutrient management.
Dairy Excel: Head off missing cow syndrome
Herds that are using herd management software should be able to print out inventories of at least the cow herd, and hopefully the replacement herd as well. The system may, or may not be able to give you a historic inventory.
Gift Exchange
This is the season of exchanging of gifts. Every Christmas many friends, relatives and neighbors exchange Christmas gifts in celebration of Christmas. About October of every year we begin to talk about our gift exchange.
Study finds milk powder better than liquid drops to treat allergies
BALTIMORE -- A small study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Duke University shows that eating higher doses of milk protein...
